Window-sign holder



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Patented Nev. 20, 1928.

UNITED STATES CLARENCE M. KIMBALL, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

WINDOW-SIGN HOLDER.

Application filed March 28, 1925. Serial No. 18,982.

This invention relates to improvements in supporting means adapted for attachment to surfaces, such as window glass, particularly in a support consisting of a rod, of steel wire or otherwise, held at its ends by means of vacuum cups, ordinarily made of rubber, and adapted for attachment to the surface, the space between the rod and the surface is designed to hold in suspension thin and light articles such as sign letters.

The material used in construction of this device, the nature and size of articles to be suspended, and the surface to which the support is attached may Vary without affecting the spirit of this invention.

In the drawings, I

Fig. 1 illustrates an elevational rear view of the support, including a typical arrangement of sign letters, all in assembled relation.

Fig. 2 designates a top plan View of the support in assembled form as attached to a typical window.

Fig. 3 rep-resents a vertical sectional view showing the relation of support to a typical window. p

The letter A represents an ordinary window glass or any other suitable surface. Numeral 1 designates a rod made of steel wire or otherwise, adapted to extend between two vacuum cups 2. The cups 2 are usually made of rubber, and comprise a base 3 having the ordinary hollow section next to the attaching surface, forming the vacuum suction'eifect for connection with the surface A. The rod 1 is preferably bent inwardly toward the attaching surface a suitable distance as at 6, in order to allow a proper suspension and supporting means for articles, usually of a thin and light nature, such as sign letters 4, having on one side suspension tabs 5 extend- 40 ing therefrom, and adapted to be suspended from the rod 1, while the other side of the letter is held frictionally against the window surface A, thereby providing a very eflicient and novel method and means for supporting articles in combination with surfaces, particularly of the nature of window glass and sign letters. The device is simple, inexpensive and easily adjusted. The usual procedure for attaching the support is to take a g vacuum cup in each hand, the rod extending between the cups, being placed at any desired angle parallel to the attaching surface, and press the cups suldciently against the Window glass to assure attachment thereto. It is then a simple matter to slip the sign letters in between the rod and the surface, where they are firmly held in suspension.

What I claim is In a supporting member for window signs or notices, vacuum cups attached to the win dow, rearwardly extending lug portions from the cups having openings therein, a supporting bar mounted in the openings in the lug 1portions, a section of the supporting bar being ent inwardly in order to support the sign in close contact with the window.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

CLARENCE M. KIMBALL. 

